螵

螵	U+87B5, 螵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87B5

← 螴
[U+87B4]

CJK Unified Ideographs

螶 →
[U+87B6]

Translingual

Han character

螵 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一田火 (LIMWF), four-corner 5119₁, composition ⿰虫票)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1095, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33505
Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 35
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2884, character 7
Unihan data for U+87B5

Chinese

trad.		螵
simp. ^#		螵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): piāo (piao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): piu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: piāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: piao
  - Wade–Giles: pʻiao¹
  - Yale: pyāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piau
  - Palladius: пяо (pjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: piu¹
  - Yale: pīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: piu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: piu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːu̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: phjiew, bjiew

Rime
Character	螵	螵
Reading #	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	撫招切	符霄切
Baxter	phjiew	bjiew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰiᴇu/	/biᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiɛu/	/biɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰjæu/	/bjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰiaw/	/biaw/
Li Rong	/pʰiɛu/	/biɛu/
Wang Li	/pʰĭɛu/	/bĭɛu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰi̯ɛu/	/bʱi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	piāo	piáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	piu¹	piu⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*pʰew/, /*bew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螵	螵
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9754	9782
Phonetic component	票	票
Rime group	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	爂	瓢
Old Chinese	/*pʰew/	/*bew/

Definitions

螵

only used in 螵蛸 (piāoxiāo)

Japanese

Kanji

螵

(Hyōgai kanji)

mantis egg case

Readings

Go-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←へう (feu, historical)}
Kan-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←へう (feu, historical)}

Compounds

螵蛸 (ōji-ga-fuguri, hyōshō, “mantis egg case”)

Usage notes

Mostly unused in Japanese.